Ephesians 2:19-20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 2:20

And are built upon the foundation - The comparison of the church with a building, is common in the Scriptures: compare the notes at 1 Corinthians 3:9-10. The comparison was probably taken from the temple, and as that was an edifice of great beauty, expense, and sacredness, it was natural to compare the church with it. Besides, the temple was the sacred place where God dwelt on the earth; and as the church was the place where he delighted now to abide, it became natural to speak of his church as... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 2:19-22

Ephesians 2:19-22. Now, therefore Being thus reconciled; ye Believing Gentiles; are no more strangers and foreigners If it be necessary to make any distinction as to the signification of these two words, in the former, ( ζενοι ,) the apostle may refer to persons of a different country; and in the latter, ( παροικοι ,) to those of a different family. The following clause evidently leads to this sense. But fellow-citizens with the saints The Church of God is here spoken of under the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ephesians 2:11-22

Jew and Gentile made one in Christ (2:11-22)For centuries there had been bitterness and tension between Jews and Gentiles, mainly because of the way proud Jews looked down on Gentiles. Jews had circumcision as the sign that they were God’s people; Gentiles did not. Because they were not God’s people, Gentiles enjoyed none of Israel’s privileges through the covenants and promises. They had no hope for a Messiah and no knowledge of God (11-12). The Jews, having been chosen to receive God’s law,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ephesians 2:19

Now therefore = So then. no more = no longer. Greek. ouketi. foreigners = sojourners. Greek. paroikos. See Acts 7:6 . fellowcitizens . Greek. sumpolites. Only here. Whose seat of government ( politeuma ) is in heaven. See Philippians 1:3 , Philippians 1:20 . household . Literally the domestics. Greek. oikeios. Only here; Galatians 1:6 , Galatians 1:10 . 1 Timothy 5:8 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ephesians 2:20

And are = Having been. Compare Acts 20:32 . upon . App-104 . the foundation . . . prophets . The foundation laid by the apostles and prophets (compare Hebrews 2:3 , Hebrews 2:4 ; Hebrews 6:1 , Hebrews 6:2 ), or (2) the foundation of the apostles and prophets themselves, laid by God. foundation . Greek. themelios. See App-146 . apostles and prophets . App-189 . Jesus Christ . The texts re "Christ Jesus". App-98 . the . Omit. chief corner stone = foundation corner-stone. Greek. ... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ephesians 2:19

So then ye are no more strangers and sojourners, but ye are fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God.As Taylor observed, there are no less than three metaphors of unity in Ephesians 2:19-21, expressed as: (1) common citizenship, (2) membership in a single household, and (3) mutual parts of one holy temple.[46]Paul was a Roman citizen and had received signal blessings from such a relationship. Thus it was natural that he should have compared the privileges of being in Christ... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ephesians 2:20

Being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner stone.The foundation of the apostles and prophets ... There are five foundations of the Christian faith mentioned in the New Testament: (1) The foundational teaching is composed of the teachings of Christ delivered through the apostles and prophets of the new dispensation (Matthew 7:24-26). (2) The foundational fact is that Jesus Christ is the Son of the living God (Matthew 16:13-20). (3)... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 2:19

Ephesians 2:19. Strangers and foreigners,— If there be any distinction between these two words, ξενοι and παροικοι, the latter signifies something more than the former, and seems plainly to allude to the case of sojourning strangers among the Jews, who were not incorporated by complete proselytism into the body of the Jewish people, and made, as such proselytes were, fellow-citizens, with equal privileges: and perhaps, when οικειοι του Θεου, domestics of God, is added, it may have some relation... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 2:20

Ephesians 2:20. And are built upon the foundation, &c.— "And ye are still more closely united to Christ, and to the Father in him, not only as citizens to their supreme magistrate, and as children to their father; but as a building to its foundation, which is another figure under which the church of Christ may be considered in its relation to him (1 Peter 2:4-5.), who is a sure foundation, which God himself has laid in Zion, besides which no man can lay any other; but which is ministerially... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 2:19

19. Now, therefore—rather, "So then" [ALFORD]. foreigners—rather, "sojourners"; opposed to "members of the household," as "strangers" is to "fellow citizens." Philippians 3:19; Philippians 3:20, "conversation," Greek, "citizenship." but—The oldest manuscripts add, "are." with the saints—"the commonwealth of (spiritual) Israel" (Philippians 3:20- :). of God—THE FATHER; as JESUS CHRIST appears in Philippians 3:20- :, and THE SPIRIT in Ephesians 2:22. read more

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